Ryan enters his sixth season for the Bulldogs. In 2005, Moehnke
coached Melanie Loftus ('05) to the Women's NCAA Swimming and
Diving Championships and in 2008 he coached Jeff Lichtenstein ('08)
to the Men's NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. Loftus was
also the Ivy League Champion on 3-meter in 2005. In 2007, Moehnke
coached Jeff Lichtenstein to a 3-meter Championship at the EISL's
and a 1-meter Championship in 2008. Loftus and Lichtenstein were
named Divers of Meet for their performances. Lichtenstein was also
named to the 2008 Division 1 Mid-Major All-America first team for
his performances. Ryan is also responsible for Loftus's 3-meter
Yale record and Lichtenstein's 1-meter and 3-meter Yale records.
Ryan has also produced 16 Ivy League finalists and 18 of his divers
have qualified for the NCAA Zone A Diving Championships. Ryan is
also the Co-Head Coach for the Next Generation Diving Team which
trains out of Yale University and the YMCA of Norwalk. In 2008, the
Next Generation Diving Team won the team title at the YMCA Diving
Championships. Prior to arriving at Yale, Ryan was the Head Diving
Coach at the Schroeder YMCA in Brown Deer, WI. and coached at the
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Ryan started his coaching career
as the Assistant Coach at the US Diving Training Center in
Indianapolis, IN. Ryan's accomplishments as a coach have also
included 5 Senior National Qualifiers, 21 Junior National
Qualifiers, 8 Junior National Finalists, 2 AAU National Champions,
8 YMCA National Champions, and 18 AAU National Qualifiers with 8
finalists. He helped coach the 2000 Junior World Gold and Bronze
Medalists, 3 Senior National Champions and a 2000 U.S. Olympic
Trials Qualifier. Moehnke also co-authored the USA Diving's
S.T.A.R.T. Program for coaches. In 2003, Ryan was selected to coach
the USA Diving Junior Pan Am Team in Belem, Brazil and has served
as a coach for the Junior National Team Camp 6 times. Ryan has a BS
degree in General Studies of Counseling Psychology from Ball State
University in Indiana where he competed for the Cardinals.